President Obama’s Record Budget Proposal Provides Homes For 67,000 At-Risk Families

President Barack Obama impressed the need to make “smart investments that strengthen America” when he introduced his record $4 trillion budget plan for fiscal year 2016 on Monday, which includes boosting housing opportunities for people in need.

Republicans quickly decried the budget proposal, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), calling it “another top-down, backward-looking document,” according to USA Today. But human rights advocates applauded Obama’s efforts for allotting $49.3 billion, an 8.7 percent increase over current levels, for a number of housing initiatives, including protecting against housing discrimination, ending homelessness and providing rental assistance for extremely poor families.

“These proposals are practical, not partisan,” Obama said, according to the Associated Press. “They’ll help working families feel more secure with paychecks that go further, help American workers upgrade their skills so they can compete for higher-paying jobs, and help create the conditions for our businesses to keep generating good new jobs for our workers to fill.”

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